Since the pioneering work of Haissaguerre and colleagues, our understanding of the anatomy and electrical properties of the PVs has been greatly advanced. Although other sources of AF have been ...

Focal Atrial Tachycardia Originating from the PVs: Incidence and Clinical Characteristics ...

Pulmonary vein stenosis in children is associated with a poor prognosis ... Patients with single‐ventricle physiology/anatomy were excluded from the study. Eligible patients were identified through a ...

Thurner syndrome (MTS) is a clinicopathological condition where the left common iliac vein is compressed by the overlying right common iliac artery, potentially leading to deep vein thrombosis (DVT) ...

4 Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Freeman Hospital, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK Objective We aimed to compare cryoballoon pulmonary vein isolation (PVI) with standard radiofrequency ...

The anatomy is described as congenitally ‘corrected’ because the flow of blood is normal with the deoxygenated systemic venous blood being pumped to the lungs and the well oxygenated pulmonary venous ...

The pulmonary veins play a key role in the pathogenesis of AF and their isolation is associated to high rates of AF freedom in patients with paroxysmal AF. However, ablation of persistent AF remains ...

The authors describe the LAA as an “important therapeutic target” in treating patients with AFib, as the LAA is “the most common site for thrombus formation and an important source of non-pulmonary ...

Already cleared in the US for use in soft tissue ablation, Pulse Biosciences is looking to add AF to CellFX’s indication list.

“The remap results for the first 30 patients treated with the Nanosecond PFA 360° Cardiac Catheter demonstrate strong pulmonary vein isolation ... positioning in the anatomy, and combined ...

If a patient has symptoms suggestive of COPD (e.g., persistent or worsening shortness of breath), the diagnosis can be confirmed with a pulmonary function test called spirometry ... test measures the ...